as in decoration
something that decorates or beautifies
added a garnish of parsley to the plate before serving it
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as in to decorate
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
a chef who never served any dish without first garnishing it
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Recent Examples of garnish
Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Strain up into a coupe or cocktail glass and garnish with an orange peel.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Roast The Seeds Pumpkin seeds are great for snacking, but also garnishing oatmeal, granola, soups, salads, and desserts.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Watching the chef’s precise knife work, orchestrated movements, and delicate placement of garnishes (including caviar) to each of the 16 courses enhanced the fantastic experience.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Strain up into a coupe or cocktail glass and garnish with an orange peel.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
Cans of fizzy yerba maté come from the indie Hong Kong soda company Mezzanine Makers, and boozy beverages are impishly garnished with cocktail umbrellas.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Roast The Seeds Pumpkin seeds are great for snacking, but also garnishing oatmeal, granola, soups, salads, and desserts.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
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The museum embraces the town’s unique role as a final home after one’s life, showcasing everything from early-20th-century embalming equipment to the tombstones of 19th-century San Francisco residents — once sold in a Santa Cruz consignment shop and advertised as Halloween decorations.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Some of these sites include more than one building with notable interior detailing or decorations.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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In 1995, the Château de Wideville, built in 1580, was purchased and French interior designer Henri Samuel was tasked to decorate it.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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With that time, his family celebrated Jacob’s 14th birthday, and decorated his hospital room with LED lights and balloons.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Cabinet Room of the White House has also gotten some golden ornamentation added.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The iconic theater, with its elaborate ornamentation, arcades, balconies and turrets, was built in the Spanish Baroque style.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Oct. 2025
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The shoes were crafted in olive green leather with subtle folding at the toe; a dainty bow adorned the vamp, while a relatively wide strap bearing the label’s name stretched across the foot.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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She was elegantly dressed in a cream coat dress adorned with delicate embroidery, paired with matching heels and a coordinating clutch bag.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Designed with an onyx ornament at the closure, the black clutch featured a crystal-inset frame.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each features a charming tree design loaded with ornaments and toys.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, when the court ordered the wage garnishment, Lopez earned an annual salary of $28,419 for serving as a Unified Government commissioner, according to the Kansas Policy Institute.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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And people wrote letters to the courts saying wage garnishment would exacerbate their already dire financial situations.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Trump has already made some other changes at the White House, like golden adornments in the Oval Office and a new patio in the Rose Garden, both of which mirror the aesthetic of his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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One of the simplest rituals of adornment in hoodoo traditions is our use of color!—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Garnish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garnish. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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